In the face of the standard shrill anti-science which permeates western media, he's a guy who tells it straight. A high class myth-busters, if you like.
And you don't have to 'Sue', so much as prove to the CC company that you are due the cash.
Agreed though, on the Yay for the consumer protection laws. It's not just good for the consumer either- I regularly use my credit card when I don't technically need to, specifically for this guarantee. I am not alone.
Consequently, the CC companies benefit hugely from this.
Wait- Microsoft can't get people to install their flagship product, even though they've already paid for it, and the commenter's point is that this isn't bad for Microsoft?
I saw a good quote from a games company's enlightened Chief Executive recently -
"DRM can encourage the best customers to behave slightly better. It will never address the masses of non-customers downloading your product."
Why the others haven't understood this I don't know. And note the 'DRM can encourage...'. I'd say I'm a good customer (I spend a bunch anyway), but I'm increasingly drawn to warez, because they - and I can't believe I'm writing this - are less likely to screw my gaming PC. What is the world coming to?
...that is small stuff compared to the ongoing Ubuntu issue of flash and pulseaudio that causes Firefox to crash.
This is for sure the biggest issue currently facing the adoption of Linux.
I have personally convinced 30 or so people (smart, but not especially technical) to try Ubuntu. Without fail they loved it. Even getting to grips with command line stuff (most of them have had to do similar things on windows boxes, and felt that Linux was much more elegant and sensible in this regard).
How embarrassing then, to have to shrug my shoulders and admit defeat, because of the ubiquitous crashing of Flash.
Only a couple of that initial 30 have stuck with it, the rest split pretty much evenly between OSX and Vista. They tell me they like these alternatives less, for cost, usability and even idealogical reasons, but YouTube works every time. Sad.
In retrospect.... I'm in the UK, and the more right-wing the paper, the more knee-jerk to headlines.
I guess it's also what gives the conservatives (small c) that weird advantage in polls- their always more likely to be 'in tune' with the masses, because their opinions are always more likely to have been formed off the back of the most recent scare story.
"Yup, works for me, I'm using it right now. And fast enough, sure. But I'll need all the functionality of my Firefox Add-Ons before I'd consider switching..."
Is the gist of what I'd written, before I hit 'Submit', and it crashed (Taking my internet connection, requiring a restart!).
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Just gotta give up some respect to Ben Goldacre.
In the face of the standard shrill anti-science which permeates western media, he's a guy who tells it straight. A high class myth-busters, if you like.
A geek. The man.
Read your quote again.
And again.
Once more..... Got it?
User Agent Switcher, Google Bot.
Yeah, um, have you seen that India has a killer space program? Just mentioning....
How do they store enough energy?
br>Anyone qualified to offer guesses for the amount of energy required?
Fearful Anonymous Guys Gradually Outing Themselves Sexually?
You said it. God Damn blasphemers.
And if the app is ad-supported, will they suck the messages back out through my eyes?
Over £100, but under £30,000.
And you don't have to 'Sue', so much as prove to the CC company that you are due the cash.
Agreed though, on the Yay for the consumer protection laws. It's not just good for the consumer either- I regularly use my credit card when I don't technically need to, specifically for this guarantee. I am not alone.
Consequently, the CC companies benefit hugely from this.
Yes and no. In terms of potential harm done, these people are much more equipped than your average person to be able to mitigate this fuck up.
On the other hand, if there was ever a subsection of people who you donn't want to piss off in this regard....
Why would you need to encrypt your porn... unless....
Dude! Won't anybody stop you thinking about the children?
RTFA, and unlike the submitter, you'll see that the interviewers point out that MSI offer a poorly configured version of Linux.
I wonder what it would cost someone like Microsoft to have MSI spike the competition.
Could, should, and do.
Wait- Microsoft can't get people to install their flagship product, even though they've already paid for it, and the commenter's point is that this isn't bad for Microsoft?
Hilarious.
I saw a good quote from a games company's enlightened Chief Executive recently -
"DRM can encourage the best customers to behave slightly better. It will never address the masses of non-customers downloading your product."
Why the others haven't understood this I don't know. And note the 'DRM can encourage...'. I'd say I'm a good customer (I spend a bunch anyway), but I'm increasingly drawn to warez, because they - and I can't believe I'm writing this - are less likely to screw my gaming PC. What is the world coming to?
Power. Extreme!
Also known as the "Avoid Further EU Fines" edition.
We should celebrate these poor saps, for without them who would pay for the internet?
I, for one, have not seen a pop-up on any machine I am in charge of for about 3 years....
This is for sure the biggest issue currently facing the adoption of Linux.
I have personally convinced 30 or so people (smart, but not especially technical) to try Ubuntu. Without fail they loved it. Even getting to grips with command line stuff (most of them have had to do similar things on windows boxes, and felt that Linux was much more elegant and sensible in this regard).
How embarrassing then, to have to shrug my shoulders and admit defeat, because of the ubiquitous crashing of Flash.
Only a couple of that initial 30 have stuck with it, the rest split pretty much evenly between OSX and Vista. They tell me they like these alternatives less, for cost, usability and even idealogical reasons, but YouTube works every time. Sad.
With success like broadcasting the olympics, who needs failure?
In retrospect.... I'm in the UK, and the more right-wing the paper, the more knee-jerk to headlines.
I guess it's also what gives the conservatives (small c) that weird advantage in polls- their always more likely to be 'in tune' with the masses, because their opinions are always more likely to have been formed off the back of the most recent scare story.
Translation: Wikileaks has been down for hours.... Wonder why?
What about the very first hit on Google, eh?
The truth is everywhere!
I'd wear special glasses if it made stuff 3D. No question.
But I think that the really big market for this will be the console, so I want to know- Will this work on any of the current/planned TV technologies?
"Yup, works for me, I'm using it right now. And fast enough, sure. But I'll need all the functionality of my Firefox Add-Ons before I'd consider switching..."
Is the gist of what I'd written, before I hit 'Submit', and it crashed (Taking my internet connection, requiring a restart!).